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What’s Up: November 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

That’s What’s Up for November. November offers a buffet of opportunities to see a meteor streak across the sky! The Southern Taurids peak around November 5th, followed by the Northern Taurids around ...
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Caltech Names Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman as NASA JPL Deputy

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman has been named Caltech associate vice president and deputy director of NASA’s Jet ...
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NASA’s Voyager 1 Conserves Power, Resolves Brief Communications Pause

The agency’s longest-running mission is approaching a historic distance milestone as its team members implement creative engineering solutions to keep it going. NASA’s Voyager team is celebrating two ...
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NASA Study Refines Projections for Thwaites Glacier

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier pictured in 2014. A new study using a computer model developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...
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Pedal to the Metal: NASA’s Psyche Heads Toward Asteroid Belt

On Sept. 28, the spacecraft began to use its propulsion system nearly continuously, pausing just once each week to check in ...
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Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, or AIRS, instrument is a key tool for climate studies on greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide distribution, as well as weather forecasts. The Atmospheric Infrared ...
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NASA’s Perseverance Offers Clues to Protect Crews from Mars Dust

Over 1,645 Martian days, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover measured the fine and ultrafine Martian dust particles found clinging to samples of spacesuit materials that are carried aboard the rover, ...
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NASA JPL Looks to Next 90 Years of Innovation, Exploration

Caltech graduate students and friends carry out their first rocket firing on Halloween, 1936, in a dry riverbed along which JPL would rise. Their work helped make possible missions such as ...
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Ocean Worlds Life Surveyor

For decades, many have sought to answer this question. Uncovering the truth not only broadens our understanding of the universe but also has the potential to yield vital information about the ...